Pocket for garments



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ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 21, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POCKET FOR GARMENTS Application January 21, 1936, Serial No. 60,022

2 Claims.

This invention relates to pockets for garments and more particularly to a patch pocket which provides a large number of compartments for enclosing various articles.

The primary object of the invention is to provicle a pocket which may be termed a pocketbook pocket, because it enables the wearer to carry such articles in the pocket as are ordinarily carried in a pocketbook, thus dispensing with the necessity of carrying a separate pocketbook to hold the various articles which are deemed desirable.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation illustrating my improved pocket, showing the main flap open;

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal or vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal or vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view in horizontal or transverse section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

I represents the material or fabric of the garment, and to the outer face of this fabric or material I I secure two main sections 2 and 3, respectively, and for convenience of description the section 2 will be hereinafter referred to as an intermediate section and the section 3 as an outer section. These sections of fabric or material 2 and 3 are of general rectangular form or shape, the outer section 3 being appreciably larger than the intermediate section 2, and throughout its side and bottom edges the outer section 3 is turned over the edges of the intermediate section 2, as shown at 4, and these sections are secured together through their side and bottom edges and also secured to the material or fabric I by a line of stitching 5. The outer section 3, throughout its central or intermediate portion, is formed with a box plait, as indicated at 6, and under or back of the fold of this box plait 6, the sections 2 and 3 are secured together by vertical lines of stitching 1, dividing the space between the sections 2 and 3 into a relatively large central pocket or compartment 8 and two relatively narrow side pockets or compartments 9 and I0, respectively.

Within the pocket or compartment 9 a relatively short or small pocket or compartment I I is formed at the upper end of this pocket or compartment 9, by sewing a strip of material I2 at the upper portion of the pocket. This strip is folded upon itself at the upper end of the pocket II, as shown at I 3, and one run of the strip is secured to the upper edge of the outer section 3, while the other run of the material which con-- stitutes the back of the pocket I I, has a covering flap I4 secured thereto and provided with a buttonhole I5 to receive a button I6 on the outside of the pocket to effectually close this pocket II. A main covering fiap I! is secured or sewed 10 to the upper edge of the intermediate section 2 and covers all the outer pockets 8, 9 and I0, and has a buttonhole I8 therein to receive a button It! on the outside of the pocket. In forming the small pocket II the material thereof is disposed 16 Within the pocket 9 and is secured therein by means of the lines of stitching 4 and I above referred to.

While I have referred to certain securing means for the flaps, such as buttons and buttonholes, it go is obvious that any other form of securing means might be employed, and while I have referred to the material of the pocket as a fabric, it is obvious that any other material might be used.

It will thus be seen that my improved con- 5 struction, provides: a main pocket 20 behind the smaller compartments and of the entire width of the complete pocket and constituting a space between the material I of the garment and the intermediate section 2, and on the outside of this intermediate section 2 the other pockets 8, 9, I0 and I I are located, and when the flap 1 is closed the pocket has the appearance of an ordinary box-plait pocket, but, of course, provides many compartments or individual pockets as described.

While, of course, the invention is not limited to the particular articles carried in the pocket, it is logical to suppose that the wearer of the garment will carry in the main pocket or compartment, handkerchiefs and other objects, and the larger box-plait central outer pocket or compartment 8 is especially adapted to receive a vanity case, while the pocket or compartment Ill is especially adapted to receive a comb. In the pocket 9 folded paper money or other desirable articles may be located, and the small pocket II is especially adapted for carrying small change, such as coins, as it has its own individual covering flap I4 to close the same.

While I have illustrated and described what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that various slight changes may be made with regard to the form and arrangement of parts without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a garment, of a patch pocket provided on the garment and including an outer section and an intermediate section slightly smaller in its dimensions than the outer section and having its side and bottom edges enclosed in the turned-over edges of the outer section and all of said edges secured by lines of stitching to the material of the garment, said outer section having a central box plait with lines of stitching at the edges of the box plait securing the outer and intermediate sections together, said an outer section and an intermediate section slightly smaller in its dimensions than the outer section and having its side and bottom edges enclosed in the turned-over edges of the outer section and all of said edges secured by lines of stitching to the material of the garment, said outer section having a central box plait with lines of stitching at the edges of the box plait securing the outer and intermediate sections together, said lines of stitching dividing the space between the intermediate and the outer sections into a central pocket and two end pockets or compartments, a covering flap secured to the intermediate section and adapted to fol-d over the upper portion of the outer section, means for securing said flap in closed position, a strip of material folded upon itself and secured within the upper portion of one of the end compartments or pockets and providing a small-change pocket, a separate flap on said small-change pocket adapted to close the same, and seeming means on the outside of the pocket for securing the flap in closed position.

LOT'IIE WOOLF. 

